The Team Fortress 2:
Gold Rush Update is now
available, free to owners of Team Fortress 2 via Steam. The Gold Rush Update
introduces the new Gold Rush map and Payload gameplay style, the first set of
unlockable weapons, and a new set of achievements for the Medic.

In other TF2 news, a worldwide Team
Fortress 2 Free Weekend will begin Friday at noon PDT, and will include
access to the new content released today in the TF2: Gold Rush Update. Using the
functionality made available through Steam and Steamworks, all of the files
needed to join the Free Weekend are available for pre-loading now.

The Free Weekend is open to players around the world, and there is no obligation
to purchase to participate; all that is needed is a Steam account to join.

Members of the Bluesnews Steam group should beware of users passing themselves off as Steam admin and asking for login details. It's pretty obvious it's a scam but sometimes people need a reminder that there are bastards out there trying to screw them over. The name of the one today was "Validation", or something similar.